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Jun 20, 2021; Omaha, Nebraska, USA; Caeleb Dressel celebrates after winning the men’s 50m freestyle final during the U.S. Olympic Team Trials Swimming competition at CHI Health Center Omaha. Mandatory Credit: Rob Schumacher-USA TODAY Sports
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Jun 20, 2021; Omaha, Nebraska, USA; Caeleb Dressel celebrates after winning the men’s 50m freestyle final during the U.S. Olympic Team Trials Swimming competition at CHI Health Center Omaha. Mandatory Credit: Rob Schumacher-USA TODAY Sports
Passion and hobbies are what get one going. No matter the profession, one should definitely have a hobby or interest that they like pursuing apart from their professional realm. The seven-time Olympic gold winner Caeleb Dressel, who is one of the best swimmers in the world right now, follows this mantra with all his heart. However, his interest outside waters is very unique. He is usually seen flaunting his Pokémon cards with his audience on social media.
After witnessing his cards this time, it seems like he is not very far away from the Gary “King Pokémon”, and Logan Paul. Gary “King Pokémon” is the ultimate Pokémon card collector with a collection of around $10 million. Dressel’s collection looks nothing lesser than that.
Swimmer Caeleb Dressel’s unique card collection
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Apart from Caeleb Dressel’s seven Olympic gold medals and being a current world record holder, he is now in line to be known for his extraordinary card collection. The most passionate thing about his collection is the high maintenance that he has provided to his collection. Recently, the swimmer gave his fans a peek into his precious collection on social media and all the Pokémon enthusiasts went gaga over it.
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He took to his Instagram story to post a picture of his iconic wall filled with his beautiful card collection. He captioned the story as, “THE WALL”. Pokémon is one of the most popular games and tv series of all time. The TV series was first introduced in 1997 and ever since then, it is still one of the most loved cartoons ever. This is not the first time Dressel is showing off his Pokémon collection.
He has been into Pokémon since his childhood, however, he never tried collecting cards then. But now, he has given collecting cards a shot to realize his immense interest in it. Although he has this big collection of cards, but there are two other people with cards worth millions.
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The other personalities with Pokémon cards worth millions
Apart from the swimming sensation Caeleb Dressel, two other personalities are present with their Pokémon card collection that is worth millions. First is Gary Haase, who is also known as “King Pokémon”, he is a 67-year-old man from Las Vegas. He has a vast collection of cards, and its obsessiveness has resulted in gathering the world’s most valuable collection that is worth at least $10 million. He started this obsession with collecting bottle caps, comics, and other things. He began collecting Pokémon cards in 1998 and has now reached this stage with a cool title.
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Another such personality with a humungous card collection is social media influencer Logan Paul. With his obsession with Pokémon, he has made purchases worth $5.275 million. He has a PSA grade of 10 which states that the card is in perfect condition and, according to Guinness World Records, there is only one known PSA grade 10 Pikachu Illustrator card in the world. With such passion, these two people are on the top when it comes to card collection with Caeleb Dressel probably next in line.
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